DALLAS – ACS executives announced Tuesday the company has acquired Denver-based software training company The Breakaway Group, adding to ACS' offerings a new cloud-based service to help healthcare professionals accelerate their adoption of electronic health records, get the most out of meaningful use funding and prepare for ICD-10 compliance.
The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
In addition to selecting, deploying, integrating, and supporting EMR technology, outsourcing firm ACS, a Xerox Company, can also educate and ensure that healthcare professionals use the EMR system for clinical benefit. Providers who use The Breakaway Group’s PromisePoint technology boost EMR adoption rates up to 70 percent faster than the industry standard, company executives claim.
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“Our mission to make it easier for healthcare professionals to adopt new software and workflows is powered by the very real issues of improving safety and decreasing costs in healthcare,” said Charles Fred, CEO, The Breakaway Group. “ACS is a strong supporter of this and their global resources allow us to reach well beyond our original vision and make a bigger difference.”
PromisePoint can be customized to imitate the desktop, laptop or tablet set-up for the specific hospital or doctor’s office, including the way the information is presented by different EMR vendors like Allscripts, Cerner, Epic or McKesson. The Breakaway Group delivers the solution as a service to accommodate regulation and technology changes, as well as staffing changes or the addition of new departments.
“Many healthcare providers have made the leap to new technology, but they aren’t yet reaping the benefits that come from capturing patient data in the most accurate and meaningful way,” said Chad Harris, group president of Healthcare Provider Solutions for ACS. “The Breakaway Group didn’t just design a training program to help – they have a think tank doing research to stay up to date with new rules, upgrades and new challenges, like ICD-10 compliance.”
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Breakaway’s management team and employees will remain with the company, with Fred serving as managing director.
